Executive Management

Nicholas Curtis has served as our chief executive officer and as a member of our Board of Directors since February 2012. Prior to this, Mr. Curtis served as our chief commercial officer from August 2010 until February 2012. Before joining us, Mr. Curtis was the vice president of sales and chief commercial officer of WaveTec Vision Systems, Inc., a privately-held ophthalmic medical device company. Mr. Curtis served as a senior vice president of sales and marketing at STAAR Surgical Company, a publicly-held company specializing in the manufacturing and marketing of ophthalmic surgery devices, from August 2002 until August 2008. Mr. Curtis has a BS from Northwestern University.

Alan Connaughton has served as our chief operating officer since April 2015. Prior to this, Mr. Connaughton was our vice president of operations from January 2008 until April 2015. Mr. Connaughton has over 20 years of experience working with medical device companies. Mr. Connaughton received a BS from University College Galway, an MS from Queens University College and an MBA from Rollins College.

Thomas Staab has served as our chief financial officer since May 2020. Before joining us, Mr. Staab served as a senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer at BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, from July 2011 to February 2020. Prior to BioCryst, Mr. Staab served as executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer of Inspire Pharmaceuticals from May 2003 through its acquisition by Merck & Co., Inc. in May 2011, and acting chief financial officer and treasurer at Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. through its acquisition by Gilead Sciences, Inc. in 2003. Before joining industry, Mr. Staab spent eight years working for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP providing audit and business advisory services to national and multi-national corporations in various industries. He is a Certified Public Accountant and received a BS in Business Administration and a Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.